Four Countries Have Antimicrobial-Stewardship Policies, but 16 Hospitals Average 72% Implementation and Training Lags
This study linked national policy, hospital systems, and provider behaviour in Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam during 2022–2023. It included 486 participants across 16 hospitals. All countries had antimicrobial-stewardship policies, but financing, enforcement, training, microbiology-data use, and inter-programme coordination were uneven. Hospitals averaged 72% on G-ASET, with tracking and reporting highest at 75% and training lowest at 66%. The two Thai hospitals scored 81.3% and 80.6% overall, yet both scored only 50% for training. These results identify actionable system gaps; they do not experimentally show that any intervention reduced antibiotic use, resistance, or mortality.
Direk Limmathurotsakul · Anucha ApisarnthanarakMahidol University · Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit · Thammasat University Hospital
An international expert statement spanning 22 countries reviews links among food systems, cardiometabolic health and the Sustainable Development Goals. It advocates plant-forward traditional diets rich in whole grains, legumes, vegetables, fruit, nuts and spices, with meat used sparingly.
The multicentre survey analysed 604 patients from 25 Thai hospitals between December 2023 and March 2024. SSRIs accounted for 70.2% of prescriptions, followed by TCAs at 13.9% and trazodone at 12.7%. The most common diagnoses were depressive disorders (55.0%), substance use disorders (15.2%) and psychotic disorders (13.7%). Clinicians cited limited availability (21.9%), reimbursement arrangements (36.3%) and patient finances (33.9%) as prescribing constraints.
A post hoc analysis of the DEN-301 placebo arm followed 30,620.6 person-years, identifying 560 virologically confirmed dengue cases among 9,698 febrile illnesses; 142 cases, or 25.4%, were hospitalized.
A 20-year-old man on automated peritoneal dialysis developed vague abdominal symptoms, weight loss and declining ultrafiltration. Repeated dialysate cultures, acid-fast staining and molecular tests were negative despite mononuclear-predominant leukocytosis. Contrast CT identified peritoneal nodules, CT peritoneography showed a trapped dialysate pocket, and targeted biopsy demonstrated necrotising granulomatous inflammation. Tissue culture grew M. kansasii resistant to rifampicin, moxifloxacin and ciprofloxacin.
HITAP reviewed 278 HTA capacity-strengthening activities in 25 countries from 2010 to mid-2025. Asia accounted for 151 activities and 128 engagements were programmatic rather than ad hoc. Knowledge sharing represented 26% and research or project collaboration 21%. Among 11 African partner countries, only three had programmatic engagement, accounting for 30 activities.
Morphology combined with ITS, LSU, rpb2 and β-tub phylogenies distinguished Nigropunctata pseudohydei as a new species and confirmed the first Thai record of N. complanata.
Thai researchersZaw Lin Tun · Digvijayini Bundhun · Kevin D. Hyde
An eight-country perspective argues that telemedicine, wearables and home sensors, augmented AI and mobile health can distribute expertise, observe symptoms between visits and support self-management, particularly where neurologists are scarce. Impact depends on infrastructure, interoperability, workforce, governance and equity-first hybrid care, not devices alone.
DJC6219 and NK62157 were isolated from municipal wastewater and characterised through host-range assays, electron microscopy, stability, multiplicity-of-infection optimisation, growth kinetics and genomics.
The authors review challenges in estimating preventable AMR burden and advocate explicit counterfactuals, confounding control and principled combination of individual studies.
Thai researchersCherry Lim · Sue J. Lee · Yin Mo · Ben S. Cooper
Ten Asia-Pacific experts developed 11 consensus statements on mild traumatic brain injury and use of GFAP/UCH-L1 within 12 hours. Final agreement was 90-100%, emphasizing biomarkers as adjuncts while clinical assessment and locally available imaging remain central.
RGD-functionalized cannabidiol lipid nanoparticles increased cellular uptake threefold and in-vitro BBB transport by 65%, while reducing inflammatory and oxidative markers. In a preclinical Alzheimer's model, cognition, Aβ/tau pathology, metabolism and gut-barrier indicators improved. The findings are promising but not evidence in patients.
Researchers used the UNDRR Stop Disasters online game with students, water professionals and community members in Thailand and Malaysia. A post-game survey of 35 participants found high enjoyment, lively interaction and perceived reinforcement of declarative flood-management knowledge.
Thailand-affiliated bibliographic records. These are not full analyses; they are ordered by Impact Signal and should be verified against the original source.
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2,955 records
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Developing and evaluating a creativity-oriented labor education course for students in Guangdong higher vocational colleges
Rice farming resilience to climate variability: Impacts of adaptation strategies on food security and farm income in Thailand and Myanmar
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Thailand-affiliated authors
Thandar Win Maung · Sayamol Charoenratana · Peter Michael Rosset
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University
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Multidisciplinary
Economic evaluation of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in Thai patients with type 2 diabetes and established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Technology acceptance of AI generated content among film and television educators: A comparative study of China and Thailand
Journal of Asian Scientific Research
Thailand-affiliated authors
Hao Pang · Hao WU · Achiraya Sopamanomas · Clinton Chidiebere Anyanwu
Institutions
Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep
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Multidisciplinary
Drivers of voluntary food safety standard adoption in developing value chains: Evidence from Cambodian fish processors
Social Sciences & Humanities Open
Thailand-affiliated authors
Ra Thorng · Buapan Promphakping
Institutions
Khon Kaen University
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Multidisciplinary
Compost production from areca palm leaf sheath residues using a non-turning composting method: A case study of the Ban Tha Di Mee community enterprise in Loei province
Creative Science
Thailand-affiliated authors
Kanda Pumsin · Sirirat Jangkon · Narumol Sota · Phasita Toonsiri
Institutions
Loei Rajabhat University · Ubon Ratchathani University
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Multidisciplinary
Integrated technology acceptance model and theory of planned behavior explain anti-osteoporosis medication prescribing among Thai orthopedic surgeons after hip fracture
Impact of Online Task-Based Language Teaching on Criterion-Referenced Scores of Thai EFL Learners
rEFLections
Thailand-affiliated authors
Watcharaphong Soongpankhao · Suwanna Kemdang · Gary Edward Gray
Institutions
Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon
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Multidisciplinary
The ADHD advantage: Comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is associated with earlier diagnosis and better academic outcomes in children with specific language disorder
Prevalence of clinically significant attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms and their behavioral characteristics among primary school students in Thailand’s border regions: evidence from a school-based screening program
The production of an eco-city forest as a socio-ecological fix to pollution and development in Rayong, Thailand: populism and post-politics in Thailand’s Community Forests
Geoforum
Thailand-affiliated authors
Sophie Rose Lewis · Pitch Pongsawat · Artit Phuboonkong
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University
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Multidisciplinary
Effects of interface modality and gamification on learning, engagement, and performance in simulation-based training
Why Travellers Switch from Traditional Watches to Smartwatches: The Roles of Travel Convenience, Multifunctionality, Health Orientation, and Digital Attachment
